Bring the Guard Home- Its the law! Join us for a peace march in Salem, highlighting the efforts of

On Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at the State Capitol, the 8-month-long "Campaign to Keep Oregon's Guard in Oregon" will hold its official "launch event," Campaign organizers will deliver the signatures of over 7000 Oregonians to officials along with a demand that our state militia not be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. The action will begin with a news conference in the Capitol press room at 12:00 noon PST, followed by delivery of the petitions. The Campaign, part of the national "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law" campaign, seeks to prevent the upcoming deployment of roughly 3000 Oregon Guard members to Iraq because the terms of the Congresional authorization have expired.

A bill has been drafted in order to enable the Governor to refuse a federal call up unless it is being done "pursuant to a constitutionally authorized federal directive." A companion resolution will declare that the Authorizations for Iraq an Afghanistan are not valid. The proposed measures, once combined, should empower Governor Kulongoski to prevent the Oregon Guard from the deployment planned for this spring.